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April 3, 2011

BrowserLab For Firebug Updated

BrowserLab is our online service for performing cross browser testing, and BrowserLab for Firebug is a Firefox add-on that lets you preview temporary changes you've made using. Today the BrowserLab team announced that BrowserLab for Firebug has been updated to support Firefox 4 and Firebug 1.7.

March 27, 2011

Serge Jespers Interviews Paul Gubbay Re HTML5

Paul Gubbay is Adobe's VP of Design and Web Engineering. You may recall that I interviewed him (and John Resig) during the MAX 2010 Day 2 keynote, and we chatted about HTML5, jQuery, and more. Well, Paul has been interviewed again, this time at FITC by fellow Adobe evangelist Serge Jespers:

March 8, 2011

Thank You, Discovery

I am on a Delta flight from SFO to DTW. Fortunately, the plane is equipped with Wi-Fi, so I was able to watch Space Shuttle Discovery 's final landing on NASA TV. And honestly, this picture perfect farewell is stirring up a mix of emotions and reactions. I remember as a teen back in the 80's...

October 23, 2010

TSA = Tactics Simply Asinine

It's been a while since I posted examples of TSA rules, policies, and behaviors. But, I just have to share this one: The primary security entrance at DTW McNamara Terminal was closed the past couple of weeks while they installed a new millimeter wave scanner (whole body imaging device). Better...

August 12, 2010

Microsoft By The Numbers

Frank X. Shaw, Vice President of Corporate Communications at Microsoft, recently posted an entry entitled Microsoft by the numbers . Regardless of how you feel about Microsoft or their products, this one provides some very interesting perspective on desktops versus netbooks and tables, smartphone...

June 3, 2010

Google Wi-Fi Sniffing Analogy Is Wrong

If I were to leave my house unlocked, I'd not expect people to enter without permission, even though they probably could do so. But if I were having a conversation, perhaps a meeting using a microphone so that everyone could hear, and I left my windows open so that passersby could hear every word,...

May 20, 2010

My Whole New Respect For Google

The first playable Google Doodle, a PAC-MAN game in honor of the game's 30th birthday, created in conjunction with the game creators, is now on the Google homepage. They even changed the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button to one that says "Insert Coin" (click it to start the game). This is a whole new...

May 17, 2010

I Am Not bforta@gmail.com

No, I am not looking for a new job. I doubt anyone would seriously believe this one, but just to be sure ... Someone using the name Benjamin Forta has been posting a resume to job boards and groups, claiming 14 years of leadership in the ColdFusion community, and offering ColdFusion and Flex...

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